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NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07

Space Weather Modeling and Data Integration Space Weather Workshop May, 2008 Lawrence Zanetti Science and Analysis Branch larry.zanetti@jhuapl.edu. Simon Wing (Heliosphere/Magnetosphere) Co-Project Lead Manolis K. Georgoulis (Sun) Co-Project Lead

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NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07

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  1. Space Weather Modeling and Data Integration Space Weather WorkshopMay, 2008Lawrence ZanettiScience and Analysis Branchlarry.zanetti@jhuapl.edu

  2. Simon Wing (Heliosphere/Magnetosphere) Co-Project Lead Manolis K. Georgoulis (Sun) Co-Project Lead Janice Schofield (Technical Services) Developer / Page Curator • This effort could not be possible without the work of numerous APL scientists striving to deliver unique SpW science products • The products we present have been developed in the framework of the multi-year University Partnership for Operational Support (UPOS) Program that prepared the ground for SpW science at APL NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07

  3. 04/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07

  4. An example of successful flare prediction 09/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07 • NOAA AR 10953, 05/02/07, 23:40 UT, C9 flare • The solar activity at that time was predicted to remain at very low levels (NOAA/SWPC weekly archives)

  5. Automatic recognition and characterization of Ha filaments Left-handed filament Left-handed filament Right-handed filament 11/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07 • Applying pattern recognition to chromospheric Ha images to determine the presence of filaments and assess their chirality (Bernasconi et al., 2005) BBSO • The code utilizes in real time the data from the Global High-Resolution Ha network • Nearly uninterrupted coverage of the solar disk. Knowledge of the chirality of the CME stemming from eruptive filaments

  6. Kp-forecast timeseries 15/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07

  7. Field Aligned Currents (FAC) 20/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07 Total Currents • Input: • IMF and solar wind proton density and speed • Output: • FAC location and intensity; and total currents for the northern hemisphere

  8. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission is in Phase B Radiation Belt Storm Probes – twin spacecraft in highly elliptical orbits to understand the basic principals behind relativistic particle acceleration, transport, and loss. RBSP is being implemented as the 2nd mission in the Living With a Star Program.

  9. Daily-averaged MeV electron intensity at geostationary orbit • Input: • Near-real time ACE data including IMF, solar wind bulk speed and proton density • Output : • Predictions of daily averages of MeV electron fluxes at geostationary orbit up to 27 days in advance 17/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07 Green : Electron Flux < 1.0e+3 Yellow : 1.0e+3 <= Electron Flux < 5.0e+3 Red : Electron Flux >= 5.0e+3 Energy range : 0.7 to 1.8 MeV > 2 MeV

  10. You are here

  11. ACE Real-Time Solar Wind (RTSW) data provide an early warning for space weather forecasting RTSW users are from government, military, industry, and academia Scientists use ACE data to model space weather disturbances, to significantly advance early warning capabilities, and to predict the geo-effectiveness of space weather events ACE Early Warning for Space Weather(Advanced Composition Explorer)

  12. Solar and solar wind disturbances Disrupt military and civilian communications and space systems Damage terrestrial infrastructure Expose airline passengers and crew on polar routes to radiation; cause communication outages; cause GPS location errors and radar clutter Drive approximately 25% of military and civilian environmental models Radiation belts out to geosynchronous Geomagnetic storm models, e.g. ionospheric density and structure, Kp Auroral zone position and intensity Predicting space weather is vital for astronaut health and safety NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center received more than 4 million file transfers and 20,000 unique users per month in 2007 Input to Lunar and Martian radiation environment models Advanced Composition ExplorerSpace Weather Science Status 2008

  13. Real-time data stream (approx. 5% of science rate) functioning 4 instruments: magnetometer, solar wind, low and high energy particles Energetic total ion detector substitution due to 2002-2003 solar storms degradation of forward looking telescopes Spacecraft systems functional although 8 years past design requirement and 5 years past design goal (launch August 1997) Ceased circularizing Lagrangian L1 halo orbit to preserve fuel Sufficient fuel until 2022 24 hour tracking arranged by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center; charter to deliver real-time space weather products and conditions, to provide predictions to registered users 45 minute to 1 hour warning of geomagnetic activity Advanced Composition ExplorerFunctional Status 2008

  14. backups

  15. Summary 16/25 NOAA/SWPC, 09/26/07 Operational at NOAA/AF Boberg et al. [2000] Operational at Lund Obs. (1 hr ahead forecast) (1 hr ahead forecast) (1 hr ahead forecast) APL model 3 [purely driven by solar wind] (1 hr ahead forecast) APL model 1 APL model 2 (4 hr ahead forecast) (1 hr ahead forecast)

  16. Solar Variability Can Affect Terrestrial Climate Given the massive economic impact of small changes in climate, we should fully understand both natural and anthropogenic causes of global change.

  17. Real-Time ACE Data on the Web • Posted within 5 min • USAF-NOAA Collaboration • Tracking by US, UK, India, Japan • NOAA tracks APL-built spacecraft and puts space weather data on the web

  18. Heliophysics Division Objectives Agency Strategic Objective: Explore the Sun-Earth system to understand the Sun and its effects on the Earth, the solar system, and the space environmental conditions that will be experienced by human explorers, and demonstrate technologies that can improve future operational systems Open the Frontier to Space Environment Prediction Understand the fundamental physical processes of the space environment – from the Sun to Earth, to other planets, and beyond to the interstellar medium Understand the Nature of Our Home in Space Understand how human society, technological systems, and the habitability of planets are affected by solar variability and planetary magnetic fields Safeguard Our Outward Journey Maximize the safety and productivity of human and robotic explorers by developing the capability to predict the extreme and dynamic conditions in space

  19. Solar Proton Events During the Apollo Program 28-29 Oct 2003 Proton Flare(~ level @ ACE) Estimated level of radiation exposure needed to produce 20% mortality in humans 4 Aug 1972 Exposure for unshielded flight crew on Lunar surface

  20. Early Solar Probe studies, reports: 1962, 1978 Solar Probe History

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